The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions

by Carveth Read

[177] Principles of Sociology, Vol. I. chs. viii.-xii.

[178] Primitive Culture, chs. xi., xii.

[179] J. H. Weeks, Among Congo Cannibals, pp. 262-3. My friend, Mr. Torday, tells me this belief is very common in Africa.

[180] See, e. g., A. W. Howitt, Native Tribes of South-East Australia, p. 406; and P. A. Talbot, In the Shadow of the Bush, pp. 83-8.

[181] Indians of Guiana, p. 344.

[182] S. H. C. Hawtrey, “The Lengua Indians,” J.A.I., 1901.

[183] J. Mooney, “Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees,” Am. B. of Ethn., VII. p. 352.

[184] C. G. Seligman, Melanesians of British New Guinea, pp. 190-91.

[185] S. H. Ray, “People and Language of Lifu,” J.R.A.I., LXVII. p. 296.

[186] Turner, Samoa, p. 277.